- HD 1080
- Runtime: 118m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
- Director: Ruben Östlund
- Stars: Anas Abdirahman, Sebastian Blyckert, Yannick Diakité, Kevin Vaz, John Ortiz
- keywords: based on true story
- Production_studio: Coproduction Office, Plattform Produktion, Film i Väst, SVT, Sonet Film, Société Parisienne de Production, ZDF
- Slogan: Just a game?
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Play is featured in the top rankings of 2011
- #22 in Top Crime Movies of 2011
In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang rhetoric rather than physical violence.
